Hellboy: Weird Tales

Hellboy: Weird Tales is a non-canonical comic book series published during the making of the first Hellboy movie. Mike Mignola had been very active during the production of the film and did not have time to work on new Hellboy comics. Hellboy: Weird Tales was a way to have new Hellboy material on shelves during both the lead up to and then the film's release.

The series ran for eight issues from February 2003 to April 2004, published on a bi-monthly basis. Each issue features multiple short stories from different creative teams.

Issues[edit | edit source]

Issue Number	Published	Cover	Story	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Additional Materials
1	February 26, 2003	JOHN CASSADAY	Big-Top-Hell-Boy	John Cassaday		Sugar Coated Wire feat. Dr. Karl Ruprect Kroenen pin-up by TyRuben Ellingson
			Party Pooper	Andi Watson
			Children of the Black Mound	Fabian Nicieza	Stefano Raffaele
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 1	John Cassaday
2	April 23, 2003	JASON PEARSON	Flight Risk	Joe Casey	Steve Parkhouse	NA
			Hot	Randy Stradley	Seung Kim
			Curse of the Haunted Doily	Mark Ricketts	Eric Wright
			Midnight Cowboy	Eric Powell
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 2	John Cassaday
3	June 25, 2003	ALEX MALEEV	Still Born	Matt Hollingsworth & Alex Maleev	Alex Maleev	Hellboy v. Rasputin pin-up by Galen Showman & Hellboy at the Mountains of Madness pin-up by William Stout
			Downtime	Bob Fingerman
			Family Story	Sara Ryan	Steve Lieber
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 3	John Cassaday
4	August 27, 2003	LEINIL FRANCIS YU	The Dread Within	Jason Pearson		Shred pin-up by Rick Cortes
			Abe Sapien: Star of the B.P.R.D.	John Arcudi	Roger Langridge
			Haunted	Tom Sniegoski	Ovi Nedelcu
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 4	John Cassaday
5	October 15, 2003	J.H. WILLIAMS III	Love is Scarier than Death	J.H. Williams III & Haden Blackman	J.H. Williams III	Pin-up by Cameron Stewart
			Cool Your Head	Scott Morse
			Shattered	Ron Marz	Jim Starlin
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 5	John Cassaday
6	December 10, 2003	FRANK CHO	Command Performance	Will Pfeifer	P. Craig Russell	Pin-up by Steve Purcell
			Friday	Doug Petrie	Gene Colan
			My Vacation in Hell	Craig Thompson
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 6	John Cassaday
7	February 11, 2004	PHIL NOTO	A Love Story	Tommy Lee Edwards	Tommy Lee Edwards with Don Cameron	Pin-up by Dave Stevens
			Theater of the Dead	Jim Pascoe & Tom Fassbender	Simeon Wilkins
			Long Distance Caller	Kev Walker
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 7	John Cassaday
8	April 14, 2004	MICHAEL W. KALUTA	Fifteen Minutes...	Jill Thompson		Pin-up by Gary Fields
			Toy Soldier	Akira Yoshida & Kia Asamiya	Kia Asamiya
			Professional Help	Evan Dorkin
			Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine: Episode 8	John Cassaday

Collected Editions[edit | edit source]

The series has been collected in two trade paperbacks and a single hardcover omnibus.

Trade Paperback Collections[edit | edit source]

Each of the two trade paperbacks collect four sequential individual Hellboy: Weird Tales issues.

Volume	Title	Date Published	Cover	Material Collected
1	Hellboy Weird Tales: Volume 1	December 17, 2003	MIKE MIGNOLA	Hellboy Weird Tales #1–4
2	Hellboy Weird Tales: Volume 2	October 27, 2004	MIKE MIGNOLA	Hellboy Weird Tales #5–8

Hardcover Omnibus Collection[edit | edit source]

In addition to collecing Hellboy: Weird Tales #1–8, the Hellboy: Weird Tales omnibus also features two canonical stories How Koshchei Became Deathless and Baba Yaga's Feast. The eight-episode story Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine was retitled "Lobster Johnson: Action Detective Adventure" for this collection.

Title	Date Published	Cover	Material Collected	Additional Material
Hellboy: Weird Tales	November 26, 2014	MIKE MIGNOLA	Hellboy Weird Tales #1–8 How Koshchei Became Deathless Baba Yaga's Feast	Forward by Scott Allie

Hellboy: Weird Tales

Contents

Issues[edit | edit source]

Collected Editions[edit | edit source]

Trade Paperback Collections[edit | edit source]

Hardcover Omnibus Collection[edit | edit source]

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